Author: Luis Velasquez

I was only 17 years old when I came to the U.S. for the first time. It wasn’t just the first time I’d come here, but also the first time I was on a plane, the first time I left my country, and the first time I was so far away from everyone I loved. I landed in Fresno Air Terminal (since renamed to Fresno Yosemite International Airport) and was greeted by the couple that would be my host family for a time. Bob and Wilma Suderman were older, with grown children of their own, but they’d opened their...

There are a lot of people in this world who feel the need to prop themselves up by making others feel small. It's not always clear what motivates these people, but I find that more often than not, their behavior is a direct result of their own struggles to cope with difficult emotions, like stress, anxiety, and insecurity. Some are motivated by less admirable interests, like anonymity or a sense of entitlement. I was recently the target of someone possessed of one of the latter motivations. I published a blog post on my business blog at velasconsulting.com, and I...